Combined comb and curler



Jan. 31, 1939; sE D 2,145,319

COMBINED COMB AND CURLER Filed April 14, 1938 H 2% a Q N -51 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 31, 1939 PATENT arcane con com ermine,

Leo Seidner, Rockville, ilentre, N. Y designer to The Glemby Company, Inc, New York, N. R5, at coration of Delaware 7 Application April M, 19%, Serial No. 2%,885

. 1 clai This invention relates to improvements in hair treating devices and has particular reference to a combined comb and curler.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved device of simple and practical construction in which a comb is formed with an extension to provide a mandrel having a clamping member co-operating therewith to secure the end of a strand of hair theretoiso that said strand All may be coiled about said element to form or reset a curl. Another object is to mount a hair clamping member upon an extension of a -comb in such manner that said comb and extension may be interchangeably employed as handles for manipulating the device when curling and combing the hair, respectively.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly. from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawingz- Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of the device constructed in accordance with the. invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan or edge elevation of the device, and, l

Figures 3 and d are sections on the lines 3-3 and il-d, respectively, of Fig. l: I

in its preferred form the device is shown as comprising a combtportion including the usual baclr d and teeth t. At one end of thecomb the same is providedwi'th a reduced extension ii substantially in alignment with the back b oi the comb, and said extension is preierably'tapered toward its outer end so as to constitute a mandrel about which a strand of hair may be colledwhen the device is used as a curler, in which instance, the comb portion may be used as a handle to manipulate the device;

dn order to secure the end of a strand of hair to the mandrel preliminary to winding said strand thereabout, the device further includes a clamping member d which is coextensive with the mandrei and which may be made of metal bent into channel iormation as best shown in Fig. 3, so

as to receive one edge oi the mandrel when the member t is in'clampine relation thereto. 'Ad=.

iacent one end of the clamping member b there are provided the opposed ears d between which extends the pivot it that also passes through the extension 3 to form a pivot for the; member t whereby the same may be moved relative to the- (iii. Rib-35) purpose the extension 11 atthe inner end thereof contiguous to the back and at its upper or outer edge is cutaway or-i-reduced as indicated" at it to form a cavity into which the inner end of the clamping member b may be depressed in order to separate said member from the mandrel and thus enable the end of a strandof hair to be introduced between said elements and clamped therebetween when the member d is restored to its normal operative position. To this end, use is preferably made of a bowed leaf spring it one end of which may engage, in the channel oi" the inner extremity of the member t while the other end of said spring is seated in an elongated recess it formed in the bottom of the cavity it and of a width substantiailythat of the spring so that the latter will be securely held in place. Said spring thus acts to exert an outward pressure on the inner end or handle portion of the clamping member t so that the remainder of said member willie yieldably forced into engagement with the mandrel. However, when it is desired to spread the mandrel and clamping member so that the end of a strand or hair may be introduced therebetween, the handle portion of said member ii may be depressed into the cavity it against the action of the spring i 2 and when said pressure hold it in place. When the device is to be used as a comb, the extension 71;, together with the clamping member t, may be employed as a handle for manipulating the comb.

Whatis claimed is: A combined comb, and curler device comprising a'comb portion and an extension projecting from one end of said portion to form a mandrel, said.

extension at its inner end contiguous to the inner end of said comb portion being formed with a cavity extending the width. of said mandrel and provided in the bottom of said cavity with a, recess of less width than said cavity, a clamping member pivoted to said mandrel and havinaa handle overlying said cavity so that the handle can be depressedinto said cavity; and a. spring seated in said recess and extending outwardly; therefrom for engagement with said handle to normally urge the clamping member into cooperative relation with said mandrel. 

